Drawings

Ezekiel; Saint John the Baptist

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1863
Accession number: 2000.5.1211
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896); designed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti(Opens in new tab) (British, 1828–1882); designed by Philip Webb(Opens in new tab) (British, 1831–1915)
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (24.1 x 14.6 cm.) mount (board): 9 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (24.1 x 32.7 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and ink on paper
Description: Two lancets and 4-foil encompassing red circle with small head at its center. Left lancet show Ezekiel in green and yellow over white, holding red staff - bearded. Right lancet shows St. John wearing hair vest and cloak, holding rod an dgolden bowl. Figures set against blue backgrounds, under architectural canopies in red, blue, green, yellow and white, panels below containing a shield and crest.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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